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Obituary: Brian Moore, 1946 - 2011
The songwriter, cartoonist and playwright who satirised Northern Irish politics -
Raise Your Voice in Support of Libraries
John Gray, former librarian of the Linen Hall Library, makes the case for Northern Ireland's beleaguered public libraries -
Burns Week Celebrates the Scots Poet
Read a profile of the artist by Burns expert John Gray -
The Last Romantic Out of Belfast
Sam Keery's autobiographical novel delves into the constricting world of 1940s Belfast -
The Return Room
WR Rodgers' radio play is reissued with illustrations and a recording of the original production -
Model Aircraft Exhibition at NI War Memorial
Second World War models commemorate the contribution of Shorts aircraft -
Voices from Cave Hill
Learn about the secret history of Cave Hill from the people who lived there -
Switch
The shop fronts of Bangor are given new life by a selection of international artists -
Through The Mill
The demise of the linen trade captured by 'local' photographer David Cleland -
Hidden Belfast
A flawed but elegant companion to worthier volumes, writes John Gray -
PROFILE: Tyrone Guthrie
With a commemorative blue plaque recently unveiled at BBC Broadcasting House, John Gray delves deeper into the life and work of the famed theatre director -
This Then
A 'large scale retrospective' of work by Derry artist Locky Morris leaves John Gray wanting more -
Orangefest
John Gray reflects on the modern day celebration of The Twelfth -
The Twelfth of July
John Gray investigates the history of the annual climax to the Ulster Protestant marching season, now rebranded 'Orangefest' -
The Mill Worker
John Gray critiques a new sculpture dedicated to the memory of Belfast's forgotten female workers -
Hans Sloane
County Down inventor of milk chocolate was the Queen's physician, an early advocate for vaccinations and his collection was the cornerstone of what became the British Museum -
Easter Celebrations
John Gray on the evolution of Easter holiday rituals in Northern Ireland -
Belfast City Hall an Architectural History
A triumph of content over criticism for reviewer John Gray -
Substance
John Gray delves into artist Andre Stitt's troubled back catalogue -
If Trees Could Talk
Ben Simon gets spruced up for a jaunt through Belfast's woodland history -
The Pen Friend
John Gray reviews the latest novel from author Ciaran Carson -
Ulster Museum
John Gray on the pros and cons of the new look museum after a three year refurbishment -
I'll Tell Me Ma
John Gray is moved by Brian Keenan's memoir of his Belfast childhood -
The Spirit of Belfast
John Gray finds Cornmarket's new 'onion rings' sadly lacking -
An Irish Country Village
John Gray reviews the second in Patrick Taylor's series of Irish country novels. Watch a video with Taylor below -
The Great Cave Hill Right of Way Case
How the 'right to roam' in the Belfast Hills was won -
Cave Hill Diamond
John Gray discovers a unique treasure sparkling at Belfast's Linen Hall Library -
Two Roads West
Playwright Laurence McKeown on steering a course through his latest work -
Interview From The Archive: Joseph Tomelty
Writing in the Linen Hall Review in 1984, John Gray talks to the multi-talented actor, writer and director Joseph Tomelty -
Literary Lions on Tour
John Gray on what the nineteenth century literati thought of the north -
John Gray
Librarian of the Linen Hall Library since 1982